Evra accuses Suarez of racism

[h7k]

No this all seems about right

Cheers Lecter, Suarez is being used as an example now. I fully expect terry to get off scot free so no trouble for england leading up to the Euro's

[Roboklopp]

All they'll get from me is a short email stating that I will never be buying their paper again.

Mine below:

"Won't waste my energy with a reasoned case, which you'll only overlook & ridicule.

Suffice to say your overblown slanderous headline has lost you a customer for life, regardless of any action taken by club or player."

[Kloppster]

whats luis twitter address pls

[Kenneth]

Fully expected the verdict, but 8 games

[Mostar]

whats luis twitter address pls

@luis16suarez

[Mostar]

Fully expected the verdict, but 8 games

We are all shocked but that.

I also fully expected, given FA incompetence, to see him getting banned few games but 8 never.

[Helios Creed]

Fully expected the verdict, but 8 games

suspect there'll be an appeal and they'll back down and reduce it, that's what usually seems to happen...

[Kloppster]

@luis16suarez

thanks

[Mostar]

Back page of Echo today

[The_weatherman]

Very clear in the discussion on twitter and forums that he has been branded a racist for the long term. Oliver Holt wrote a piece where he defended the ban but it came across like he didn't know much what he was writing about, there is no journalist taking his stand.

[malg]

Likewise, this just strengthens my resolve. **** England and **** the FA.

[Tee]

Likewise, this just strengthens my resolve. **** England and **** the FA.

:handshake

We should all adopt that as our sigs.

[Exiled_red]

Ive been thinking about this a lot, and mainly about what I think the FA should have said.

I think they had to treat this as a totally unique situation. They had to acknowledge the complexities involved in racism, they had to make a stance that though they find racism abhorrent and that it has no place in modern sport in this case the truth is somewhat complex. They should have acknowledged the multi cultural society we live in. They should have acknowledged the multi cultural nature of the modern game.

It should then have been explained that this case hinged on a misunderstanding from 2 players from 2 different backgrounds. It should have been acknowledged through Luis' background that he was in no way a racist. It should have cited examples from Uruguay of the usage of the given word (ignoring the actual issue and word does us no favours). Then perhaps a slap on both players wrists for 'ungentlemanly' (they were both antagonising each other), and a one game ban a piece....

Instead of this they have totally backed one player and hung the other out to dry, leaving the gutter press to brand him in bold letters a 'Racist' ruining potentially the rest of hs career and life.

The old *******s are clearly not capable of handling a case of such nuances and we should be offering the FA a vote of no confidence. We could do with some support from elsewhere in the game - it will be interesting to see if we get any.

Great post

[Gibbo]

Still absolutely furious, couldn't sleep last night through picking holes in it, and trying to come up with more ways to prove Suarez' innocence.

I recall reading something about the Urugayan press being very angry about him being found guilty, does anyone have any evidence of this?

[Fivex]

Fun fact of the day.

Patrice Evra is an anogram of prevaricate.

pre·var·i·cate/priˈvariˌkāt/
Verb:
Speak or act in an evasive way: "he prevaricated when journalists asked questions".
Synonyms:
evade - equivocate - lie